Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-04

while Guard Martens was patrol
ling the bridge that a team
came up behind him and passed him.
Martens had been given description of
the animals and cart stolen, and just af-
ter the team had driven by, it popped in
to his brain that it was the stolen team
He called TO the man in the cart to stop,
but he gave the horses the whip, starting
them on run. At the Rock Island end
of the bridge Guard Metsch was standing
with the engineer and fireman of the
draw Mr.. Martens called to them to
stop the team. but they could not hear
distinctly and hesitated When the thief
came up to them, he said: Gentlemen,
will you please step aside; the horses are
young and rather skittish,' and they,
thinking he was all right after all. did
nothing. When Martens came up he
told them it was stolen rig. and Guard
Montgomery coming up, on his way to
the Davenport end to go on duty, started
back to pursue the thief Meeting 8
buggy he got in, persuaded the driver to
turn about, and set out after the thief
the signal meanwhile being given TO the
guard at the Rock Island end. The
thief had dashed his horses after he passed
the three men, and went over the wagon
bridge on run. the horses getting be-
yond his control They could not be
stopped by the guard, and came fiving
up Twenty fourth street TO Fourth ave
nue., where they turned west Marshal
Brennan and Officer Meensn were at the
Fourth avenue hotel, and hearing the
pistol shots on the bridge, started post
haste for the Rock Island end, and at
that moment observed rig being driven
rapidly down Fourth avenue
At the corner of Twenty, third street is
the excavation for the Fourth avenue
sewer, and coming to this the thief either
jumped or was thrown out of the cart,
and before he could recover himself Mar.
shal Brennan had him, while Officer Nee,
nan had seized the horses Just rs the
| frenzied animals were leaping into the
sewer. The horses were taken to Tin
| dall's livery stable and the thief was con-
| Quoted to the public station, where he pre-.
tended to have been severely injured, and
DIR. Craig being summoned found n tri,
| fling cut on the head and after prescrih,
| ing for it the prisoner was escorted to the
county Jail. He is a medium sized, des
perate looking man, of dark complexion
with black moustache and eyes. He re
fused to give his name, stating that BIT
was from nowhere, and again that he Wal
from San Francisco, and later said 81
am from hell and have return ticket
and am going back.
In his pocRet was a small account boob
containing these addresses. "Franl
Reeves, on the front page and "Chas
Althoff, Princeton, Bureau county," and
"Ponnas Echard, Atkinson, Henry coun
ty." There was also an advertisement
for the U. S. Clothing house at Musca
tine and number of photographs, though
the name of the photographer did not ap
pear
In the cart was double barrelled sho
gun, number of carpenters tools
blankets, harness. etc, and the scam
also carried an American bull dog re
volver loaded in his belt. This belt fel
of when the accident happened at tn
sewer or the police would likely have ha
a deadly encounter with the william. Thi
morning it was ascertaiDed that the har
ness, pair of rubber boots, pair of lal
robes, and a humber of carpenter tool
belonged to NJ C. Smith, residing on tn
Wilkinson property Just outside the cit
limits of Davenport and they were turne
over 10 that gentleman. This morniu
the thief was feigning insanity, but bi
condition did not arouse much sympathy
He is evidently shrewd villain for b
chose the best possible time for crossin
the brige' 1t was about O'Clock an
the night was very dark. The time Sc
lected was when he would be least lab
to attract ndice for travel is heavy !
that time and less noticeable than eth,
earlier or later.
Sheriff Hartman and ex-Alderma
Jones of Muscatine. together with
nephew of Mr.. Hunt, came up this morr
ing and the horses were identified, an
taken back to Muscatine, as was th
thief, who will suffer the full penalty {
the law. The 800 reward WAS placed i
the hands of Marshal Brennan who, aft,
settling the expenses incidental to th
capture of the thief, will give the guard
( third, Ieserving third each for himse
and Officer Meenan
; The other night probably the sam
bold wretch attempted wholesale the
at the stable of j. NJ Glaspell, in th
rear southwest of his residence on Ire
mont avenue, Davenport Mr.. Glaspe
was absent, and at midnight Mrs. Ola
pell was awakened by rafting nois
: from the direction of the barn. ST
. looked, aud saw man pushing the lars
/; delivery wagon belonging to her hui
bands store. from the front of the bar
toward the descent which leads into IL
ravine north Of it. She called to hin